The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is over for 2016!
During the month of August you will find a plethora of street performers around the city centre plying their trade. Juggling fire seems to be one of the more popular acts, (I always think that juggling fire in Scotland is rather optimistic, as it does rains a lot) but some are more daring juggling dangerous weapons including chainsaws and machetes. Unfortunately I only had the ooomph to get out and take photos towards the end. Below is a small gallery of the performers that graced the streets of Edinburgh in August 2016.

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Chainsaw Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Axe Fire Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Unicycle

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Escape Artist

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Unicycle Juggling Machetes

Edinburgh Festival 2016

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Chainsaw Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Puppet

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Unicycle Juggling Machetes

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Fringe Sunday

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Jump

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Axe Fire Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Olympic Balance

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Japan

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Hula hoop

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Chainsaw Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Fire Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Balance

Edinburgh Festival 2016

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Axe Fire Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Tiny Cycle

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Balance With Juggling Weapons

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Fire Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Escape Artist

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Nothing To See Here

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Spinning

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Machete Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Fire Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Balance With Juggling Weapons

Edinburgh Festival 2016

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Fringe Sunday

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Diablo

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Tiny Cycle

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Fire eater

Edinburgh Festival 2016

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Axe Fire Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Fringe Sunday

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Fringe Sunday

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Zombie

Interestingly something else happened! The middle of the festival a Saturday afternoon I managed to walk the length of the High Street without being offered a single flyer, even after making eye contact. Many will call me a liar, but it did indeed happen…. perhaps they just though there goes the grumpiest man in Edinburgh? 😉

During the month of August, you will see many wonderful street performers on the Royal Mile…. Many, oh so many who juggle with fire, some make it more interesting not just juggling the normal fire sticks, but with nasty weapons. This fella was juggling a axe on fire and a few machetes.

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Axe Fire Juggler

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Its that time of the year… tis Festival Time! well it officially starts tomorrow August 1st.
but you can get preview shows, also the street performers are out. I took a stroll down the Royal mile and came across two.

this fella was on Hunter square, he swallowed a sword and juggled fire. he asked a lady from the crowd to pull the sword out.

Swallow a sword and Juggle Fire

Swallow a sword and Juggle Fire

This fella was on the High Street, started out straddling a robot and swallowed a balloon, then head ablaze juggled fire a machete and a club